House of Shields Reopens Tonight

Paolo Lucchesi reminds us that, glory be, House of Shields returns tonight. The much-admired SoMa/downtown watering hole, if you recall, closed earlier this year. Horrifying on many levels, yes. Fortunately, the century-old bar opens again for business, starting at 4 p.m. "Pretty much everything about the restored version and the Dennis Leary era of San Francisco’s classic century-old saloon was shared on Monday, so please to refer there for all the background, from the painstaking restoration process to Eric Passetti’s beverage program to the absence of televisions." Check it out, then head down to 39 New Montgomermy (at Market).